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Archimedes
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was born in Syracuse, Sicily in 287 B.C. and died there in 212 B.C.. He was a great inventor and mathematician who helped develop the science of geometry as well as being the first scientist to realize the power of the lever. He was also known for inventing the compound pulley, ' screw, and most ....
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....n it and the definition of Pi. Although Pi was used by the Babylonians and Egyptians it was never really defined as one value. finally determined the true value by using six, twelve, forty-eight, and ninety-six sided polygons to better approximate the value. volume of a sphere formula looks like this:
Vol(Sphere) = Vol(Cyl) - Vol(Cones)
For his time a was a brave and very intelligent man who set out to think of and invent things that no one else had ever thought of. A quote of his best de.... |
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